116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Jeff Linder
Passionate about high school sports and high school sports athletes, I have been with The Gazette sports team since 1995 covering high school sports and Iowa Women’s Basketball for The Gazette. I am a proud, lifelong Iowan who grew up reading The Gazette.
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Latest Articles by Jeff Linder
Iowa Basketball Oct. 7, 2025 2:51 pm67d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: Times and TV has been added to the 2025-26 schedule.
Iowa High School Football Oct. 6, 2025 5:26 pm68d ago
High school football football: IHSAA rankings through Week 6.
Iowa High School Football Oct. 6, 2025 5:56 pm68d ago
High school football: The Gazette’s post-Week 6 poll. Class 1A No. 1 Grundy Center was pushed by South Hardin last week, but extended its win streak to 45.
Iowa High School Sports Oct. 4, 2025 6:07 pm70d ago
High school volleyball: Fueled by an early upset of Clear Creek Amana, Cedar Rapids Kennedy goes 5-0 at the Michelle Starcevich Invitational.
Iowa High School Football Oct. 4, 2025 4:11 pm70d ago
Iowa High School football 2025: How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 6. No. 7 Newton takes down No. 2 Pella, 35-33, in a Class 4A thriller.
Iowa High School Football Oct. 3, 2025 11:33 pm71d ago
High school football: Balanced, bruising rushing attack sends West Delaware past Independence, 42-27. After missing the playoffs last year, the Class 3A sixth-ranked Hawks are 6-0.
Hawk Off the Press Oct. 2, 2025 6:44 pm72d ago
Gazette writers Madison Hricik and Jeff Linder disuss 5-star recruit McKenna Woliczko committing to Iowa Women’s Basketball
Iowa Basketball Oct. 2, 2025 3:28 pm72d ago
Iowa Women’s basketball: Hawkeye’s Hannah Stuelke is named to the preseason all-Big Ten team.
Iowa High School Football Oct. 2, 2025 9:49 am73d ago
Iowa high school football 2025: Gazette-area Week 6 games to watch. The state’s 8-Player game of the week is at Preston, where unbeatens Edgewood-Colesburg and Easton Valley collide
Iowa High School Sports Podcast Oct. 1, 2025 6:54 pm73d ago
The Gazette sports writers Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson and K.J. Pilcher talk about Week 5 results in Iowa High School Football and the upcoming Week 6 matchups.
Iowa High School Football Oct. 1, 2025 2:23 pm73d ago
High school football: 2025 Class 5A RPIs, through Week 5. The lone unbeaten, Waukee Northwest leads a pack of five CIML teams.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 1, 2025 6:03 pm73d ago
Women’s basketball: Carver-Hawkeye Arena will be sold out again in 2025-26. It is the third consecutive season of a season-long sellout.
Iowa High School Volleyball Oct. 1, 2025 12:52 pm73d ago
High school volleyball notes: Iowa City Liberty has clinched a share of the MVC Mississippi Division crown, and can win it outright with a win at Iowa City West next Tuesday. Meanwhile, in the Valley Division, Cedar Falls is the champion.
Iowa High School Volleyball Oct. 1, 2025 11:39 am73d ago
High school volleyball: Area Super Ten. No change among the top six; Marion makes its first appearance of the season
Iowa Basketball Oct. 1, 2025 6:05 pm73d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: Ranked as the No. 6 senior in the nation by ESPN, Californian McKenna Woliczko picks Iowa over South Carolina, USC and Ohio State

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